phil matier is here with more and joe from the "san francisco chronicle." good morning, guys. >> reporter: good morning. okay. well, somebody watched that debate. i want to ask you, joe, were you paid to watch it. i was paid to watch it. do you think anybody that wasn't paid watched it? >> oh, yeah. i think it was a big audience because the election is so much -- is still in doubt still very close. it could count for something. >> it was interesting because they were playing as it counted and one of the big questions of course is it the salesmanship. here's a clip. >> these people are my mom and dad, the people i grew up with, my neighbors, they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. i have had it up to here with this notion that 47% -- it's about time they take some responsibility here. >> governor romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country. and with respect to that quote, i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. [ laughte